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City of Chicago installed to order a whole lot more audible crosswalk signals for visually impaired
A federal judge has ordered the city of Chicago equip about 70% of intersections with the audible crossing cues over the next ...
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Judge orders Chicago to install audible crossing signals for the blind and visually impaired
A federal judge has ordered Chicago to install audible crossing signals at intersections with traffic lights to help people who are blind or have problems seeing to cross public streets.
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City Must Add 1,700 Crosswalk Signals To Help Blind, Visually Impaired People Under Judge’s Order
The plan is in response to a class action lawsuit filed in 2019. It requires the city to install more than 1,700 specialized ...
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Universal design – Inclusion from the ground up | National Federation of the Blind
Opinion: Inclusive design and barrier-free design means that a product, service or technology is designed for everyone, no ...
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Judge to city: Install more crosswalk signals for visually impaired
The order follows a ruling last year that found that the city failed to fully install audible crosswalk signals at nearly 97% of the city’s 13,200 intersections with pedestrian signals.
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Judge orders Chicago to install audible crossing signals for blind, visually impaired
CHICAGO — A federal judge has ordered Chicago to install audible crossing signals at intersections with traffic lights to help people who are blind or have problems seeing to cross public streets.